phanault Posted December 16, 2019 Posted December 16, 2019 I searched the forum and found noting related to AP iPad version. Is there a way to convert a Mask layer to a Pixel layer with AP on iPad ? I’m looking for something like : Rasterize Mask to Pixel or something alike. Thanks Quote
DM1 Posted December 16, 2019 Posted December 16, 2019 You can't Rasterize a mask 'layer'. If you could, it wouldn't be a mask layer any more, just a pixel layer with black and white shapes on it. You can merge layers with masks, which effectively rasterizes the mask without altering its effect. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/
walt.farrell Posted December 17, 2019 Posted December 17, 2019 7 hours ago, phanault said: Is there a way to convert a Mask layer to a Pixel layer with AP on iPad ? I’m looking for something like : Rasterize Mask to Pixel or something alike What are you actually trying to accomplish, if you can do that? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
phanault Posted December 17, 2019 Author Posted December 17, 2019 18 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: What are you actually trying to accomplish, if you can do that? I would reuse the mask to serve as a clipping layer. I’m not very familiar with AP/PS. Maybe what I’m trying to accomplish is possible without relying on this technique ? Quote
phanault Posted December 17, 2019 Author Posted December 17, 2019 1 hour ago, DM1 said: You can't Rasterize a mask 'layer'. If you could, it wouldn't be a mask layer any more, just a pixel layer with black and white shapes on it. You can merge layers with masks, which effectively rasterizes the mask without altering its effect. I know that it would become a pixel layer and not a mask layer anymore. But it would be useful. I think I’m not the only one asking for this feature (I searched the forum). The only answer I found was for AP on desktop and I can’t find a way to reproduce this on AP iPad. Select the Alpha Channel, right click and select Convert to greyscale image (or something like that). Quote
phanault Posted December 17, 2019 Author Posted December 17, 2019 OK, found the way to convert a Mask layer to a Pixel layer using the Channels studio. It’s just a little bit more tedious than on the Desktop version but it works. I continue to think that a “Rasterize Mask Layer to Pixel Layer” option would be a a nice addition in a future version. DM1, Rob123456789 and greyscale 3 Quote
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